Window-screen.



No. 65!,272. Patented lune 5', I900. c. w. RUDECKER.

WINDOW SCREEN.

(Application filed Mar. 10, 1900.) (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLESW. RODECKER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,272, dated June 5, 1900.

' Application fil d March 10, 1900. Serial No. 8,179. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W.RoDnoKER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful WindowScreen, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in window-screens.

' The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of that class of window-screens which are mounted upon springactuated rollers at the top and bottom of a window and which are adapted to be automaticall y un rolled when the sashes are opened and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one adapted to be readily arranged at either the top or bottom of awindow at the inner side thereof without necessitating any material alteration in the construction of the same. The invention consists in the construction and novel combination'and' arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in' the claims hereto appended. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window provided with upper and lower window-screensconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the upper portion of a window. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the lower portion of the window. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one'end of the screen-casing. Fig. 5 is alongitudinalsectional view of the screencasing, illustrating the manner'of mounting the spring-roller. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a portion of one of the rails or bars of the sashes.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate upper and lower windowscreens Wound around upper and lower spring-actuated rollers 3 and 4 and connected at their outer or free edges with the upper and lower sashes 5 and 6, whereby when the sashes are opened the screens will be automatically unrolled from the rollers.

The upper and lower spring-actuated rollers are mounted in brackets 7 and 8 of similar upper and lower casings 9 and 10, approximately U-shaped in cross-section and con structed of wood or other suitable material and arranged at the inner side of the win dow in order to be within the building or other structure. The upper casing 9, which fits against the top of the window-frame, has its ends arranged in recesses 11, formed by cutting away the adjacent portions of the beads or strips 12, and it is retained in the recess by the action of the spring-roller. The top of the casing fits against the top of the window-frame, and the bottom of the casing fits against the upper ends of the strips or beads 12. The free edge of the windowscrean is supported by a metal binding 13 and is connected to a stud or headed fastening device 141 of the upper bar or rail of the upper sash by a link or loop 15, which is adapted to be readily disengaged from the headed'stud or fastening device should it be desirable to remove the screen 'from the window in seasons of the year when they are unnecessary; but the screens may be, of course, left in position at all times. The casing maybe readily taken out of the upper recesses 11 when desired, and the strips or beads 16, which form the inner portions of the guide of the. upper sash, are cut away, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, to provide a space or passage for the screen.

The lower casing, which is arranged upon the window-sill, is fitted in recesses 17, formed by cutting away the lower portions of the strips or beads 12, as clearlyshown in Fig. 3, and it is retained in the said recesses17 by the action of the spring-roller. The upper ends of the strips or beads 16 and the'lower ends of the strips or beads 12 are beveled to permit the screens to pass over them readily and to guide them, and the side edges of the screens are supported by the strips or beads 12 and 16, which form guides and which obviate the necessity of providing other guides for the'screens.

The ends 18 of the metal binding-strips ot' the free edges of the screens are bent back to clear the strips or beads 12 and 16, and the upper corners of the upper sash andthe lower corners of the lower sash are cut away, as shown at 19, to permit the ends of the metal binding-strips to be bent backward, as before described.

The top and bottom of the casing 9 are provided at their inner faces with longitudinal shoulders 20, formed by recessing the casing, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and arranged opposite the bearings of the spring-actuated roller and adapted to be engaged by the metal binding-strip of the free edge of the screen to hold the same in convenient position for ready connection with a sash when disconnected therefrom and also to prevent the roller from rotating freely and permitting the spring to run down. By arranging the shoulders at both the top and bottom of the casing the bearing-brackets may be arranged to receive the screen in either of the positions shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

It will be seen that the window-screens are exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that they are adapted to be applied to any ordinary window without materially altering the construction thereof, and that the strips or beads of the window-frame are utilized as guides for supporting the side edges of the screens. It will also be appar cut that the window-screens may be readily mounted on and removed from a windowframe and that they are located at the inner side of the same, whereby they will be protected from the weather. Furthermore, it will be clear that as the screens are guided against the inner faces of the fixed strips or beads and as the free edges of the screens are attached to the sashes any tendency to move the casings outwardly will operate to unwind the screens, which will be resisted by the springs of the rollers upon which the screens are mounted, and that such springs will thereby operate to retain the casings in the recesses of the window-frame. Furthermore, it will be clear that as the approximately U-shaped faces are removably fitted in the recesses at the top and bottom of a windowframe the springs of the rollers will operate to retain them in position without employing screws or other fastening devices for that purpose.

What is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a window-frame having its beads or strips cut away to form recesses, and a window-sash, of a casing removably fitted in the recesses provided with bearings,

avith recesses formed by cutting away the strips or heads, a Window-sash, of an approximate] y U shaped casing fitting within the recesses and closed at the top, bottom and front and open at the inner side or back, a springa-ctuated roller journaled in the casing, and a screen wound around the roller and connected with the sash and supported on and guided by the inner faces of the strips or beads, whereby the casing is retained in the recesses of the window-frame, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a casing adapted to be mounted in a windowframe and provided with bearings and having upper and lower shoulders located adjacent to the bearings and extending longitudinally of the inner faces of the opposite walls of the casing, the springactuated roller mounted in the said bearings, and a screen arranged on the roller and having a binding at its free edge, said binding being arranged to engage the shoulder of the casing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a casing substantially U- shaped in cross-section, provided at the inner faces of its top and bottom with longitudinal shoulders, bearings located within the casing, a spring-actuated roller mounted in the bearings, and a screen arranged on the roller and provided at its outer edge with a binding adapted to engage the said shoulders, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. RODEOKER.

Vitnesses:

' S. A. WILL,

J. A. FRANCE. 

